immunosuppressant

Examples

• All

• After the operation, she was advised to take an immunosuppressant to maintain her new heart's health.

• Information about the use of immunosuppressant and antimicrobial drugs and neuraminidase inhibitors was obtained from the Drug Program Information Network, the comprehensive database of all out-of-hospital prescriptions dispensed in Manitoba.

  Academic text (2012)

• Sirolimus is an immunosuppressant drug also known as rapamycin.

  Blog text (23)

• In 1983, the introduction of the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine greatly reduced the rejection rates of transplanted organs.

  Academic text (1998)

• It is very easy for a person on immunosuppressant drugs to catch colds, the flu, or common viruses that most human bodies can readily defend themselves against.

  Academic text (2012)

• Administration of cyclosporin, a potent immunosuppressant used to prevent transplanted organ rejection, is complicated by its poor and unpredictable oral bioavailability.

  Academic text (1991)

• Several immunosuppressant properties of this drug provide a rationale for its use in multiple sclerosis, which is associated with dysregulated responses of T and B cells to antigens in the central nervous system and macrophage-mediated myelin damage and axonal injury.

  Academic text (2002)

• Currently, the only available means for the prevention of intimal hyperplasia is through inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) with the immunosuppressant rapamycin (26).

  Academic text (2012)

• Patients with autoimmune diseases often rely on an immunosuppressant to reduce their immune system's activity.

Synonyms

C

cyclosporine

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

1 5.5

A drug that weakens the immune system to stop organ rejection after a transplant

is the broader term for drugs that reduce immune response across uses

I

immunosuppressive drug

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

1 3.9

A drug that makes the body's immune system weaker to prevent organ rejection or treat autoimmune disease

is the single-word name for the same class of drugs

I

Imuran

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

1 9.7

A drug that weakens the body's defences to stop a transplanted organ being rejected

is the general class name rather than a brand for drugs that lower immunity

I

immune suppressant drug

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

4.8

A drug that lowers the body's natural defense to stop organ rejection or treat diseases where the body attacks itself

is the concise single-word label for that same medical function

I

immunosuppressive

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

6.7

A drug that lowers the body's natural defence to prevent organ rejection

is the standard noun form for that same drug class

I

immunosuppressor

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

7.2

Drug that makes the body's immune system weaker

is the common single-word term for drugs with that effect

C

cyclophosphamide

vsimmunosuppressant

• Specialized

7.4

A medicine that weakens the immune system to treat diseases where the body attacks itself and to prevent transplant rejection

is the general category covering all drugs that lower immune activity including this one

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology